Nutrimin
…restores total body nutrition and energy
5% composite amino acid IV infusion with D-sorbitol & electrolytes
Nutrimin contains Amino acid, D-Sorbitol and Electrolytes.
Amino acids are essential for protein synthesis. The body uses protein to build muscle, repair tissue, fight infections and carry nutrients through the body. D-Sorbitol is a carbohydrate which has some metabolic advantage over glucose and which absorbs more slowly than glucose. Electrolytes are important for bone, nerve, organ and muscle function. They act as an essential co-factor in various enzyme systems.
What are the advantages of Nutrimin?
- Improves Nitrogen Balance & enhance protein synthesis.
- Reduce morbidity and mortality rate of surgical and critically ill patients.
- Improves quality of life to Malnourished & Geriatric patients.
- Increases weight of Cancer Patients.
- Reduce metabolic complications during acute renal and liver failure
- Accelerates the healing process of Burn patients.
- Reduces Length of Hospital Stay & Cost.
Who should take Nutrimin?
Patients who-
- Cannot eat – comatose, ventilator etc.
- Should not eat – need bowel rest (acute pancreatitis, some surgeries etc.)
- Will not eat – bulimic, depression, elderly etc.
- Cannot eat enough – cancer patients, hyperthyroid, burn patient, bowel obstruction, fistula, IBD etc.
- Need faster recovery-ICU patients, infections etc. and
- Other – intractable vomiting, massive bowel resection etc.
What are the Indications of Nutrimin?
- Surgery
- Trauma
- Burn injury
- GI disease
- Protein deficiency or Sarcopenia
- Cancer
- Hepatic insufficiency
- Renal insufficiency
- Malnutrition
What is dosage guideline Nutrimin?
- Adults: Depending upon patients’ requirements, 1000- 2000 ml Nutrimin® may be infused intravenously per 24 hours. It should be infused slowly, at rates 1.4- 2.8 ml (30-60 drops) per minute.
- Infants and Children: The recommended rate of infusion is 28-35 ml/kg body weight per day.
